2 arrested after fleeing

At approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday, SPD Ptl. William Basore saw a vehicle with only one headlight traveling on Main Street.

Leigh Kreimeier, lkreimeier@stuttgartdailyleader.com

A Stuttgart Police Department officer pulled his gun on two Stuttgart men after the driver fled from the officer during a routine traffic stop.

At approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday, SPD Ptl. William Basore saw a vehicle with only one headlight traveling on Main Street. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the driver, a 28-year-old black male from Stuttgart, who stopped the gold 1994 Mazda but then put on his right turning signal.

Basore said the man accelerated, disregarded a stop sign at Second and College and pulled into the driveway of a home in the 200 block of South College.

“The driver opened the door and exited the car. I also exited my car and pulled my duty weapon and instructed the male subject...to get to the ground,” Basore said in his report.

The passenger, a 36-year-old black Stuttgart man, also exited the vehicle, but was told to sit back inside. Both subjects were then detained. The driver admitted to the officer that he did not stop, because his passenger told him he had a warrant.

The passenger was an absconder of the Arkansas Board of Parole. He was placed under arrest and transported to the Arkansas County Detention Center.

The driver had a suspended driver's license and was placed under arrest and transported to ACDC as well with a charge of fleeing added to his suspended driver's license charge. Both charges are listed as misdemeanors.

The Stuttgart Daily Leader does not release names in misdemeanor cases until convicted. Readers can find the listings of those convicted every Wednesday on the Public Safety page of the Stuttgart Daily Leader. They are also listed each week at www.StuttgartDailyLeader.com.